Imaging device

Abstract

A digital camera (an imaging device) includes: a camera body (an imaging device body); a flash light emitter having a stored state in which the flash light emitter is stored in the camera body and a projected state in which the flash light emitter projects from the camera body; and a packing (an elastic deformation member). The digital camera has a drip-proof specification in which the packing is pressed and deformed between the flash light emitter and the camera body in the stored state, thereby drip-proof sealing a clearance between the camera body and the flash light emitter.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An imaging device comprising:
 an imaging device body; 
 a flash light emitter having a stored state in which the flash light emitter is stored in the imaging device body and a projected state in which the flash light emitter projects from the imaging device body; and 
 an elastic deformation member, 
 wherein 
 the elastic deformation member is not pressed and deformed between the flash light emitter and the imaging device body in the projected state, and 
 the imaging device has a drip-proof specification in which the elastic deformation member is pressed and deformed between the flash light emitter and the imaging device body in the stored state, and a clearance between the imaging device body and the flash light emitter is drip-proof sealed. 
 
     
     
       2. The imaging device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the elastic deformation member is mounted to the flash light emitter. 
 
     
     
       3. The imaging device according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the elastic deformation member is mounted to the flash light emitter by being sandwiched by a plurality of components that constitute the flash light emitter. 
 
     
     
       4. The imaging device according to  claim 3 , wherein
 both a path from an outside of the imaging device body to an inside of the flash light emitter and a path from the outside to an inside of the imaging device body are drip-proof sealed. 
 
     
     
       5. The imaging device according to  claim 4 , wherein
 the elastic deformation member is sandwiched by the plurality of components over an entire periphery. 
 
     
     
       6. The imaging device according to  claim 4 , wherein
 the elastic deformation member is closely attached to the imaging device body over an entire periphery in the stored state. 
 
     
     
       7. The imaging device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the elastic deformation member is mounted to the imaging device body. 
 
     
     
       8. The imaging device according to  claim 7 , wherein
 the elastic deformation member is mounted to the imaging device body by being sandwiched between the imaging device body and a mounting member being removable without separating and dismantling the flash light emitter from the imaging device body. 
 
     
     
       9. The imaging device according to  claim 8 , wherein
 when the flash light emitter is in the projected state, at least a part of the mounting member is exposed.